"This is the weakest Australian side that has toured India", says Sourav Ganguly. I absolutely second that and hence is the scoreline 4-0 actually portraying a correct image of the actual caliber of this rejuvenated Indian team? I doubt. The Australians were plagued by injuries, lack of quality spinners and team issues. Lack of quality spinners stand out, they did not have a Monty Panesar or Graeme Swann to thrash Indians like the English. What exactly is the reason why Indians lost to the English team and whitewashed Australians on the same Indian pitches? On a positive note you may say the consistency of Murali Vijay at the top, a swashbuckling innings each from Shikhar Dhawan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja played a huge role. But the actual reason has to be that the Australians were far too weak for the Indians.
With IPL about to begin and no white dresses till October this thought would definitely not be re-opened until the away tour to South Africa. Can the same Vijays, Dhawans, Ashwins and Jadejas perform similarly on the distinctly different South African pitches against the Steyns, Morkels, Philanders, Amlas, Kallises and De Villerses? Half way through the tour, hope the Indian selectors will not think about the discarded test players. The real ball game lies in South Africa, far away from the dead pitches of India.
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